Abstract
The efficacy of pyrantel pamoate, pyrvinium pamoate, ivermectin, and piperazine citrate against pinworm in cockroach was evaluated. Laboratory-reared German cockroaches naturally infected with Blatticola blattae were treated with the anthelmintics and necropsied at 3 to 35days after treatment. Ivermectin at over 5ppm and piperazine citrate at over 2000ppm killed all the treated cockroaches. Pinworms were still detected in cockroaches given lower concentration of the aforementioned drugs. Administration of pyrantel pamoate (100-1000ppm) and pyrvinium pamoate (2000ppm) did not kill the cockroaches, and no pinworms were detected at 3 and 17days after treatment. Thus, pyrantel pamoate and pyrvinium pamoate were found to be effective for deworming B. blattae in the German cockroaches, without causing mortality for the host. Our results showed that anthelmintics selection is essential for eradication of pinworms in cockroaches because of the toxicity for the host such as ivermectin or piperazine citrate. This is the first report of piperazine citrate toxicity in cockroaches.
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